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pupate
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pupate [′pyü‚pāt]
(invertebrate zoology)
To develop into a pupa.
To pass through a pupal stage.


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The maggot pupates in the head cavity and emerges as an adult to continue the cycle.
Maggots bore through the pulp and rot the fruit from the inside, and the infested fruit drops to the ground where the fly pupates.
Maggots bore through the pulp and rot the fruit from the inside, and the infested fruit drops to the ground where the fly pupates.
 
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